Recording/reproducing apparatus having a magnetic head which is opened and closed together with a door

Abstract

A recording/reproducing apparatus for a magneto-optical disk includes an optical pickup a magnetic head, to record and reproduce information. The apparatus includes a connecting member for making the magnetic head move together with the optical pickup, and also open and close together with a door. The apparatus also includes a plate spring for pressing the magnetic head so that the magnetic head is elastically in contact with the magneto-optical disk. The apparatus can be slimmed in size because the magnetic head is opened and closed together with the door. Also, since the magnetic head is in contact with the magneto-optical disk, the distance therebetween does not vary.

What is claimed is: 
     
       1. A recording/reproducing apparatus for a magneto-optical disk and having a disk driver for rotating a magneto-optical disk medium, an optical pickup for irradiating a light beam on one side of the rotating disk medium and detecting a signal from a reflected light, and a magnetization device for applying a magnetic field to an other side of the disk medium, said recording/reproducing apparatus comprising: a housing for accommodating said disk driver and said optical pickup and having an opening for enabling the disk medium to be loaded on and unloaded from said disk driver;   a door which is rotatably hinged with one side of said housing so as to open and close the opening of said housing;   pickup driving means having a carriage on which said optical pickup is loaded to drive said carriage so that said optical pickup is moved in a radius boundary of the disk medium; and   means for supporting the magnetization device on the door so that said magnetization device is moved together with said optical pickup, and at the same time is positioned farther from or closer to the disk medium according to the opening and closing, respectively, of said door,   wherein said support means comprises:   a connection member having a support portion for supporting said magnetization device and a movable portion which is fixed to said carriage, one end of said support portion being hinged to said movable portion; and   a guide member which is installed on said door, the other end of said support portion being slidably contacted with said guide member, and   further wherein a supporting plate for supporting said support portion is formed on said connection member, so that said support portion is parallel to said disk medium when said door is closed.   
     
     
       2. A recording/reproducing apparatus for a magneto-optical disk and having a disk driver for rotating a magneto-optical disk medium, an optical pickup for irradiating a light beam on one side of the rotating disk medium and detecting a signal from a reflected light, and a magnetization device for applying a magnetic field to an other side of the disk medium, said recording/reproducing apparatus comprising: a housing for accommodating said disk driver and said optical pickup and having an opening for enabling the disk medium to be loaded on and unloaded from said disk driver;   a door which is rotatably hinged with one side of said housing so as to open and close the opening of said housing;   pickup driving means having a carriage on which said optical pickup is loaded to drive said carriage so that said optical pickup is moved in a radius boundary of the disk medium; and   means for supporting the magnetization device on the door so that said magnetization device is moved together with said optical pickup, and at the same time is positioned farther from or closer to the disk medium according to the opening and closing, respectively, of said door,   wherein said support means comprises:   a connection member having a support portion for supporting said magnetization device and a movable portion which is fixed to said carriage, one end of said support portion being hinged to said movable portion;   a guide member which is installed on said door, the other end of said support portion being slidably contacted with said guide member; and   an elastic member for elastically biasing said magnetization device so that said magnetization device is elastically in contact with said disk medium when said door is closed.